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College Students Need Love Too

College Students Need Love Too. Collegiate Ministry as Mission Outpost. University a diverse community Manifestation of the Church on the university campus Welcomes everyone, meets them where they are Seeks to both witness and educate. Mission Station Characteristics.

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College Students Need Love Too

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  1. College Students Need Love Too Collegiate Ministry as Mission Outpost

  2. University a diverse community • Manifestation of the Church on the university campus • Welcomes everyone, meets them where they are • Seeks to both witness and educate Mission Station Characteristics

  3. Ecumenical/Denominational vsPara-Church

  4. Associated with one or more mainline denominations • Regional Judicatories may provide funding • Many also funded via congregational or individual support Ecumenical/Denominational

  5. Advantages Challenges • Critical mass of resources • Models moderate to progressive Christianity (women ministers, values questioning) • Open to inter-faith dialogue • Operates from a position of love • Campus minister spends 75% of time fund-raising • Models Moderate to Progressive Christianity (not black and white)

  6. Not associated with any one denomination • Raises support from all over • Often teaches a specific doctrine Para-Church Ministries

  7. Advantages Challenges • Can raise support from a wide range of people • Good at large group events • Can offer black and white answers • Often discourages young women from leadership • May use emotional manipulation • More interested in “saving souls” than discipling students • Not open to questions or seeking • May denigrate academic commitments

  8. How can our congregation find a campus ministry to support?

  9. Contact Dean of Students Office • Call campus minister directly Ecumenical/Denominational

  10. Offer to bring food for dinners or events • Invite campus minister to present to mission committee or Sunday school classes • Connect campus minister with possible strong board members from your congregation • Offer finalncial support for retreats and/or mission trips How can we help?

  11. Ask specific questions about beliefs/practices. Ex: “In what ways do you encourage men and women in leadership?” and “Do your students participate in community service? How? • Ask to attend a meeting. Responding to Para-Church Requests

  12. Congregation-Based Student Ministry Students Away at School and Students in the Pews

  13. Provide welcoming space. • Be kind. Invite them to lunch. • Do not assume they want to be your next youth volunteer or Sunday school teacher. Students In the Pews

  14. Offer Sunday School class or free lunch after worship once a month. • Get creative! How can you minister in ways that a campus ministry might not be able to? • Try not to compete with a campus ministry. Be good partners. Specialized Student Programming

  15. Help them find a campus ministry or congregation. • Get their new address and send them the newsletter. • Finals care packages • Birthday cards/encouraging notes Nurturing College Students from your Congregation

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